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Gallery: History of the hot hatch

18 June, 2013 |
by Benedict Pather

We all love them, possibly even own one or at least aspire to someday. By all means these feisty-looking machines could represent some of the greatest designs in motoring history – if not, then they surely set the benchmark. So for your scrutiny we’ve compiled ten fast, diminutive hatchbacks that chart the hot-hatch genome. Any hot-contender we may have left out? Let us know…

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